Choose Fishing Planet
Choose Fishing Planet if you want the MMO, Online Co-op, and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 84.4% positive across 27,925 reviews.
Fishing Planet vs Just Fishing
Fishing Planet and Just Fishing both land in Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam. Both released in 2017. Fishing Planet scores higher on Steam reviews (84.4% positive) than Just Fishing (70.4% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Just Fishing
Choose Just Fishing if you want an Action, Adventure, and Casual game with Steam Leaderboards. Just Fishing launched in 2017.
Both Fishing Planet and Just Fishing sit in Sports, Simulation, and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Fishing Planet |  Just Fishing | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2017 |
| Genres | Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Action, Sports, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 84.4% positive (27,925 reviews) | 70.4% positive (331 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Fishing Planet LLC | Just Fishing LLC |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- Both released in 2017.
- Fishing Planet scores higher on Steam reviews (84.4% positive) than Just Fishing (70.4% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Fishing Planet has co-op; Just Fishing does not.
- Fishing Planet is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Just Fishing has no Deck rating yet.
Fishing Planet vs Just Fishing — FAQ
- Which is better, Fishing Planet or Just Fishing?
- On Steam reviews Fishing Planet scores higher (84.4% positive) than Just Fishing (70.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Fishing Planet is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Are Fishing Planet and Just Fishing similar?
- They overlap on Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Fishing Planet run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Fishing Planet is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Just Fishing doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.